Re: [PATCH v2 3/7] docs: reconfigure the HTML left column

From: David Vernet
Date: Fri Sep 23 2022 - 22:13:51 EST


On Thu, Sep 22, 2022 at 02:41:34PM -0600, Jonathan Corbet wrote:
> Use the html_sidebars directive to get a more useful set of links in the
> left column.
>
> Unfortunately, this is a no-op with the default RTD theme, but others
> observe it.
>
> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@xxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: David Vernet <void@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

> ---
> Documentation/conf.py | 3 ++-
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/conf.py b/Documentation/conf.py
> index 78dd6d1e7b88..22c9d4df1967 100644
> --- a/Documentation/conf.py
> +++ b/Documentation/conf.py
> @@ -370,7 +370,8 @@ html_static_path = ['sphinx-static']
> html_use_smartypants = False
>
> # Custom sidebar templates, maps document names to template names.
> -#html_sidebars = {}
> +# Note that the RTD theme ignores this

nit: Should this comment end in a period to match the format used in the
rest of the file?

> +html_sidebars = { '**': ['searchbox.html', 'localtoc.html', 'sourcelink.html']}
>
> # Additional templates that should be rendered to pages, maps page names to
> # template names.
> --
> 2.37.2
>